The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-01

then. it was a favorite hunting ground for
the Juvenile population. Thus it came about
that the half obliterated epitaph appears to-
| day, cut deep in the NOISY stone: boy 5,
/ Don't Shoot Birds Around Martins Grave.
| The name, Martha Anne Moore, with date
of birth and death, appear above. 1t Is a
| curious epitaph, and as none of the family
| live in this country it is the only bit of his
tory left concerning the old teacher and his
wife.
| An amusing anecdote is related of a
| HawkinsVille merchant who sold goods on a
| credit to colored preacher. The man OF
! the gospel had made a very poor crop, and
1t was evident to the merchant that he had
a slim chance for his money. On Saturday
he saw the preacher and said TO him: ''See
! here, parSon, you've got 10 pay me your ac-
count. am going out 10 hear you preach
| tomorrow, and after the sermon you must
pass around the hat and raise a collection.
Sure enough the merchant was on hand
and took a front seat. The old colored divine
preached an effective sermon, commenting
on hard-heerted sinners, and the rich man
who would not forget the world and lay up
his treasures in heaven. After the sermon
the hat was passed around, and the mer-
chant was the first to put in a contribution.
He dropped a half dollar in the hat and the
congregation began throwing in dimes,
quarters and halves. until several dollars
were in the hat When the preacher
retired from the pulpit the merchant fol
lowed him and got the entire contents of
the hat-just about enough to settle the
debt
There passed through Albany Wednesday,
en- route to the orphans home at Macon, a
little girl that attracted the attention and
ELECTED the sympathy of every one who
learned the story of her orphanage. 1t was
little Cora Lee Jordan, the daughter of the
man Jordan who was assaSsinated by
Sumpter Nichols, in Baker county, two or
three years ago. Her mother having died
after the assassination of her father, she
was left, at the tender age Of or years,
to che cold charity of the world, and kind
Christian friends had secured place for her
in the orphans home at Macon, She was put
on board the cars at Camilla, and around
her neck was tag bearing this inscription:
Conductors will please take care of me and
deliver me to Rev L. B. Payne, Superin-
tendent Orphans Home, Macon, Ga"
Nichols was confined in the Jail in Albany
for about a year, and tried to commit sui
eide. He was taken to Baker county for
trial at the last spring term of Baker Supe
rior Court, a perfect wreck in body and
mind, and there died after it had been de-
cided that he was fit subject for the luna
tic asylum.
Nat Anderson, who has been the drum
mer of the Salvation Army at Atlanta for
the last six months, has put aside his drum
and says that he is done with the Salvation
lists. He says that Col. Light is an old hog,
that he pockets all of the money and divides
with no one. Referring to Col. Light, he
says: Col. Light just gathers in all the
money in sight, and he is getting rich. |
lost all my business on account of the army,
and when wanted to sell a history of my
life and conversion, with few gospel songs,
he said l must give him all the money. I
asked him where | could get bread and meat
to feed my family and he told me to trust
in the Lord That fellow just takes it all
and doesn't do any trusting himself. | have
been a drummer in the army for eight
months and missed only seven nights, You
know Capt. Hildren, at Rome, left the
camp because Col Light gobbled up all the
money! Anderson says that Capt. Ella
Brucker is among the few good women con
nected with the army. He says that she
left Atlanta ON account of the conduct of
Col Light toward her. Some of his com,
ments ON the morals of the members will
not bear publication.
The Franklin & Mcdonald mine, in the
eastern part of Cherokee county, is one of
the best and most extensively and success
fully worked gold mines in Georgia. The
company working it is not an incorporated
concern, but is composed of j. McC.
Creighton, of Philadelphia, and James B.
Young, of Pittsburg, Pa. This work has
developed two characters and two grades of
ores, each requiring different treatment.
One is a high grade ore, strictly a
sulphuret, requiring treatment in
the reduction as such, and is the same
as worked forty years ago by the late
Mrs. Franklin, John Pasco and others. A
recent letter from there states that ''there
is enough of this class of ore to keep 40
stamp mill at work continuously for sew
eral generations" The other is very
large vein, or closely connected body of
veins of low grade ores, 200 feet in width,
assaying 81 to S. per ton, and can be safely
counted on paying 81 per stamp in well
regulated mill There is talk of forming a
stock company and erecting a ,000-stamp
mill with every modern Improvement and
appliance for saving gold to be worked by
steam power and electricity.